“WAL-MART JUST PLEDGED 100 MILLION TO BLACK LIVES MATTER. ARE YOU STILL SHOPPING THERE?”
Social media posts
Claim dated 11 Aug 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Posts claim that major corporations donated large sums of money to Black Lives Matter. The companies have pledged support for racial equality initiatives, but haven’t specified Black Lives Matter as a beneficiary.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 August 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 25 August 2020, 14 days later. Its rating was “False”.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.
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- PolitiFact: False“Walmart has just pledged $100 million to Black Lives Matter.”